Duration: 6.30pm - 9pm
Tide: Over the Low
Weather: Chilly, Bright
Bait: Rag, Lug, Mackeral
Rigs: DDP, 2 Hook Scratcher, Flowing Trace, Sheppy
Results:
1 Codling, 1 Coalfish
Report:
Ok, So fishing seems to have taken priority over all other things, but I'm really enjoying it at the minute and I'd say this run will continue for some time to come.
Ballyhenry bay in Strangford lough was the first mark we tried, nice deep looking bay with a few kelp beds, felt sure if I landed a bait in the deeper water I'd hit a dogfish, sadly we didn't get anything here, but it's a beautiful spot and will be visited again.
Got to our Banker, Portaferry pier at about 7.45pm fished 2 boom scratchers, and Sheppys at varying distance, obvious from the outset there wasn't much about and after around 45 minutes I finally had a positive pull on a rod I'd plonked a bit further out, a small but beautifully marked red codling, Blank beaten, happy man.
While waiting for bites I'd set up a 2ft flowing trace on a small spinning rod, carried out by a mere 1/2oz of lead, this is how I got my coalfish, flicking a ragworm into the tide and giving it a slow retrieve, a sort of "mini deep spinning" I guess.
Anyway, 9pm was time to head home, stopped at the chippy then straight home.
Another good night out.
